A retrospection on ICT in teacher education: what can we learn?

Despite years of attention, and the presentation in the literature of many successful teacher training efforts, the problem of preparing teachers to effectively integrate the use of ICT in their teaching is still am open one. The variety of proposals emerged during the past decades differ widely from each other not only for the kind of content and activities suggested, but also for what aspects are identified as key points. This paper analyses how the research has tackled, over the years, the relationship between ICT and teacher preparation. Based on a wide analysis of the literature, we attempt to characterise the different approaches encountered, in order to spot the main points addressed and see if it is possible to conceal them in a general teacher preparation framework. Far from being complete, this analysis aims to give a contribution towards the construction of such a framework.